X
There the girls looked on in confusion as they looked to see their tank hugging against the back of the hanger's wall, while they sat in their tank.
"Is... is that our tank?" Yukari questioned as her suspicions rising.
"How can our tank be there, if were in it now?" Saori said.
Later
All the girls in the tankery club got the call from their commander, requesting them to come to the hanger immediately, It was the dead of night and all the girls gathered just outside the hanger where Miho and her friends stood waiting with the lights in the hanger on.
"Miho? what's so important that couldn't wait in the morning?" Anzu asked confused about the late call.
"Well... it's something you have to see for yourselves," Miho responded and then she opened the door.
Taking a look to what is inside everyone was shocked to see what Miho had revealed behind the doors. Two identical Mark IVs stood side by side together in the hanger drawing many questions from the girls.
"When did we get another Panzer?" Erwin asked tipping her hat up to scratch her head.
"We didn't," Mako answered bluntly.
"It's not just another tank," Yukari pointed getting in one Mark IV while Saori climbed into the other, "These two tanks are exactly the same."
"They have the same cushions we put in, and they both have my name that I sowed on," Saori noted holding up the item in question with Yukari doing the same so the girls can see the neatly sowed name on the corner.
"How is that possible?" one of the girls from Rabbit team asked.
"This is getting creepy," another added starting to feel unease.
"I don't know what's going on, but I think we should tear apart both these tanks just to be sure if it isn't some sort of trap," Miho offered and the girls agreed, "Piece by piece we will get to the bottom of this."
"RIGHT!" they all said together gathering up all the tools in the hanger.
The Automotive club all got their tools ready gathering around the tank the Miho and her friends were driving in first, their tools just about to make contact-
"NOOO!"
All of sudden the girls head the sound of a man screaming within the hanger.
"Who was that!?" Saori startlingly said looking all over the place.
"He's in the tank!" Satoko realized and the voice responded again.
"I'm sorry I sneaked into your hanger, but please put those tools way," he asked.
"Who are you and how did you get an exact copy of our tank?" Yukari questioned.
"I made it myself last night, I need it to hide," the voice answer.
"To hide? why do you need to hide?" Momo demanded, "Get out of that tank so we can see you."
"Uh... no..." he hesitantly refused.
"No?" Momo got angry, "GET OUT THE TANK BEFORE WE CALL THE COPS!" she then threatens.
'I can't," he tried to plea with them.
"Why not?" Anzu asked and her questioned was answered.
Soon a strange sound was heard coming from the Mark IV to the left and the next thing the girls saw was the tank's armor moving up and down, side to side all on their own, the barrel shrinking down, the treads spinning around, legs and arms took shape as the tank rearranged itself into the form of a man. To finish it off the head to its place on the shoulders and bright blue lights glowed from its eyes to gaze down at the shocked expressions of the girls standing below.
"... Don't get scared-."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH...!"
They all screamed in terror at the sight of a giant metal man that stood in their hanger and then ran off in different directions, each group running all the way home.
X
The rest of the knight the girls did not sleep, all to scared to close their eyes, they called the police, but when they heard giant robot the operators thought it was some sort of joke, and hung up. So they stood watch peeking out their windows to keep an eye out for the metal giant all the way through the night til the sun shines.
In Miho's apartment she struggled to keep herself from dozing off til the alarm on her clock woke her, she stumbles towards her dolphin-shaped clock slamming her palm on the dorsal fin snooze button. It was time to go to school.
Miho didn't need to get dressed because she didn't even changed out of her uniform to begin with, she cracked open the door peeking out to see if the thing from last night was around. She locks the door behind her and proceeds down the stairs, the birds were chirping and the soft taps her shoes made when walking down the steps, she look carefully walked down the street glancing over her shoulders to see if something was creeping up from behind. Nothing was there, so she picked up her feet to quickly get to school with the rest of her friends thinking it would be safe there.
"*Psst* hey."
Miho halted in her tracks when hearing the familiar deep voice as she crossed the street, looking back Miho spotted the Mark IV just sitting idly by with its turret turned to her as if to look at her, but it kinda looks like its aiming for her. They both stood in awkward silence as the tank sat on the street with Miho waiting for something to happened.
"Wanna talk?"
"AAAAHH!" Miho screamed as she took off down the street, with the talking tank slowly coming out in the open to follow her.
"Wait come back!" the tank cried out after her, "I'm a really cool guy once you get to know me!"
"Leave me alone!" Miho cried before running down a tight alley too narrow for the tank to follow.
X
Making it to the school gates Miho noticed that Midoriko wasn't their to take attendance of all the girls coming in, she walks right in heading straight to class finding, Saori and Hana, there sitting in the seats looking tired.
"Good morning, Miho," they greeted trying to stay awake.
"Did you get any sleep last night?" Miho asked.
"No, I'm too freaked out from last night," Saori replied rubbing her eyes.
But as the girls tried to steady themselves Miho's phone rang out, the small device vibrating in her pocket.
"Hello?"
"Don't hang up!" he begged from the other end.
"It's him! he's got my number!" Miho cried out.
"Listen here creep, stop stalking us!" Saori warned him after taking Miho's cell from her hands.
"I am not creep, I swear, just look out the window," he tried to reason and as the girls walked to look outside they saw the tank standing by the hanger nodding the gun up and down as if to wave, "I just wanna talk, please..."
The three glanced at one another thinking over to themselves.
"O.k, but you have to wait after class," Miho told him.
"That's good, I'll be here," he accepted rolling into the hanger waiting for the girls' arrival.
"Should we really trust it?" Hana asked.
"Well... I may have an idea," Miho brought up.
Practice
After all school hours were over all the girls came together to confront the talking tank in their hanger.
"Are you sure this is wise, Ms. Nishizumi?" Yuzu asked following the rest closely.
"Just keep a good distance from it, Yukari, is your camera ready?" Miho asked.
"Ready," Yukari held up the device.
"Saori?" Miho then turned to.
"Nine-one-one ready on speed dial," she answered.
"Alright, let's go meet him," Miho guided everyone taking lead to hanger and of course waiting inside was the tank itself.
"Oh good, you all came," it said in an uplifting tone in its voice before changing into humanoid form.
"Hold it right there!" Momo stopped him.
"Tell us what you are or we'll go live with this recording," Yukari threaten.
"And don't try to run because the police will be here in a heart beat," Saori added and the giant put his hands up.
"O.k! o.k! stay cool, I'll tell you everything," he gave in.
"Who and what are you?" Miho questioned first.
"Uh, my name's Warpath," he introduced himself first, "I'm a Cybertronian."
"Cyber-what-now?" Anzu said her brow raised.
"What, is some government making giant mechs now?" Caesar thought aloud.
"Cool..." Anteater commented.
"How were you created?" Momo demanded.
"Wha- well... I guess it's time for the talk?" Warpath thought to himself aloud then sat on the ground, "O.k, when a mommy Cybertronian and a daddy Cybertronian love each other very much-."
"NO!" they all stopped him.
"We meant who built you?" Miho corrected.
"Oh! well that's way less uncomfortable," Warpath realized, "Well.. no one built me, let me explain."
Long
Long
LOOOOOOOOOOONG
ago
It was the time before the war that plunged their once thriving home into a wasteland, in a nursing center eggs were sitting in a basket motionlessly until one of them shook, the egg started to hop up the blue shell stretching and cracking. The rocked back and forth til finally it fell out of the basket smashing into hundreds of pieces on the floor and nothing, but a baby Cybertronian on the ground pushing the broken shell off.
"Awe... look who was too eager to wait for the rest of his siblings?" a mother Cubertronian cooed at the tiny bot, picking him off the floor nd into her arm. The baby bot giggled happily at the sight of his mother, "Aren't you adorable, but what's that in the middle of your chest?" she asked tickling at the barrel that stuck out the tiny bot's chest til suddenly it shot out blasting a hole into the wall, "Well was that a mess you made, I guess your name shall be... Warpath."
Present
"Robot don't come from eggs!" Momo sneered.
"Well we do," Warpath explained to her and all to how he came into the universe.
"How can a robot even procreate?" Noriko asked, but then shivered, "Ugh... I don't think I want to know."
"So where did you came from?" Miho asked.
"Oh hang on a sec," Warpath requested and looking over to chalkboard lights shot from his eyes to create a star chart, "My home is waaaaaaaaaay over... here," he pointed to a tiny dot with his giant metal finger.
"What the hek is that?" Momo asked not knowing what she's looking at.
"It looks like a star chart," Oryou figured fixing her glasses.
"Wait, are you training to say? are you an alien?" Saori realized looking up to the giant machine sitting in their hanger.
"Yeah, I came from planet, Cybertron," Warpath told her.
"That's so cool!" Yukari gasps in excitement jumping onto Warpath's foot, "What kind of tanks you guys use?"
"I don't use tanks, I am a tank," Warpath corrected turning into the Mark IV, "See, and we don't just transform into tanks, depending on your size we can transform into jets, cars, guns, computers, a BIGGER robot!"
"Transform?" the girls repeated tilting their heads to the side.
"Transforming, yeah everyone on my planet can do it, you might've heard or nickname, we're called Transformers, by other aliens."
All the girls glanced at each other for a moment before shaking their heads, "... No, we never heard of you," Miho responded.
"Never heard of us? wait, am I the first person from another world to come here?"
"Yeah, pretty much," Saori confirmed.
"Really? that's good, that mean they're not here either," Warpath gleefully said.
"Wait, who's they?" Anzu asked.
"Uh... alright I'll tell ya, but it's a long story," Warpath offered.
One Long Story Later
"Awe... you lost your home." Hana felt sorry.
"Yeah... that's why I'm here, to scout out for new place to settle down," Warpath told her.
"But what if those, Decepti-guys, come here?" Ayumi asked a little worried.
"Don't worry, I'm a kickass Autobot ready for action," Warpath bragged trying to imitate karate moves.
"Well that's reassuring to hear," Miho figured with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, but there's one small little problem," Warpath brought up.
"What is it?" Yukari asked.
"I need to call my friends, but..."
"But what?"
"My communications chip got fried on the landing," Warpath then turned his head to where an ear should be showing a scorched area, "Without it I can't call the arc to give them the coordinates to where I am."
"Don't worry, the Automotive club got you," Satoko stepped up with her tools in their hands.
"Will it hurt?" Warpath asked.
"Who would we know? we're mechanics not doctors."